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Luzula sylvatica
Also called Great Wood Rush
Great woodrush is a clump-forming, shade-tolerant perennial grass-like plant with glossy green leaves that stay green through winter. It is grown mainly as ground cover and weed suppressant in damp, shady spots.
Luzula sylvatica, commonly known as greater wood-rush or great wood-rush, is a perennial flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae.
Luzula sylvatica is commonly used in horticulture—its thick, patch-forming habit (which allows the plant to act as a weed suppressant), hardiness, as well as the ability to grow in shade and damp soils being particular boons; it is commonly used for ground cover and/or as an ornamental grass.
The cultivar 'Marginata' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Luzula sylvatica has a wide distribution, and is native to Europe (the European temperate element of flora ) and southwest Asia—including the British Isles where populations are widespread and stable, apart from a decline in central and south east England. There is one record from Washington state, United States.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Luzula sylvatica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
